Guitar Tablature: "Power Play"

Learning how to play "Power Play" on guitar will give you a chance to practice and demonstrate a four-bar rock progression using only power chords. Countless rock songs use this progression, including the classic Takin’ Care of Business, by Bachman-Turner Overdrive (known as BTO to their friends). Remember that power chords are well-suited to a heavier, distorted sound, and you can use them in place of full versions of chords because they usually contain the same bottom two or three notes.

To play Power Play, you need to know how to finger and play the A5, G5, and D5 power chords and how to crank your amp up to 11 (à la Spinal Tap).